Photo by Master Sgt. Jacob Caldwell | 1st Cavalry Division | 03.20.2019
Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart is presented the Distinguished Service Cross during a retreat ceremony conducted in his honor on March 20 on Fort Hood's Cooper Field. Chris Widell, a friend of Cowart's who helped during his recovery, pinned the medal on Cowart's uniform. According to the citation for the award, in 2007 in Iraq, an insurgent his team encountered was wearing a suicide vest, and "Without......
Photo by Master Sgt. Jacob Caldwell | 1st Cavalry Division | 03.20.2019
Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart renders honors to the colors during a retreat ceremony conducted March 20 on Cooper Field on Fort Hood. Cowart was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during the ceremony. (Photo by Maj. Carson Petry, 2ABCT, 1CD Public Affairs)...
Photo by Master Sgt. Jacob Caldwell | 1st Cavalry Division | 03.20.2019
Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart receives a ceremonial round fired in his honor during a retreat ceremony conducted March 20 at Fort Hood's Cooper Field. Cowart was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during the ceremony. (Photo by Maj. Carson Petry, 2ABCT, 1CD Public Affairs)...
Photo by Master Sgt. Jacob Caldwell | 1st Cavalry Division | 03.20.2019
Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart renders honors to the colors during a retreat ceremony conducted in his honor on March 20 on Fort Hood's Cooper Field. Cowart was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during the ceremony for his actions taken in combat in Iraq in 2007. (Photo by Maj. Carson Petry, 2ABCT, 1CD Public Affairs)...
Photo by Master Sgt. Jacob Caldwell | 1st Cavalry Division | 03.20.2019
Sarah Cowart, spouse of Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart, is presented the traditional cavalry bouquet of yellow roses during a retreat ceremony conducted March 20 on Fort Hood's Cooper Field. Sgt. Cowart was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions taken in Iraq in 2007. (Photo by Maj. Carson Petry, 2ABCT, 1CD Public Affairs)...
Photo by Capt. Scott Kuhn | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 02.21.2019
Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart shakes the hand of a well-wisher during a recent visit to Fort Hood, TX in preparation for the ceremony to upgrade his Silver Star to a Distinguished Service Cross the second highest medal awarded for valor after the Medal of Honor. The upgrade was ordered after the completion of a comprehensive, year-long Military Decorations and Awards Review, which was ordered by then......
Photo by Capt. Scott Kuhn | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 01.09.2019
Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart and his wife Sarah during a recent ski outing. Cowart has stayed active since the suicide vest explosion in Iraq that cost him his leg. Cowart was recently notified that the Department of the Army is upgrading his Silver Star to a Distinguished Service Cross the second highest medal awarded for valor after the Medal of Honor. The upgrade was ordered after the completion......
Photo by Capt. Scott Kuhn | 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.24.2014
Sgt. (R) Daniel Cowart has stayed active since the suicide vest in Iraq that cost him his leg. Cowart was recently notified that the Department of the Army is upgrading his Silver Star to a Distinguished Service Cross the second highest medal awarded for valor after the Medal of Honor. The upgrade was ordered after the completion of a comprehensive, year-long Military Decorations and Awards......
